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At least 35 children killed in crowd crush at school fair in Nigeria

At least 35 children killed in crowd crush at school fair in Nigeria

Police arrest eight people after incident at Basorun Islamic high school in Ibadan

At least 35 children have died and six others were seriously injured in a crowd crush at a school fair in Nigeria’s third largest city, Ibadan.

Police said eight people had been arrested “for their various involvements” in the incident. Among those detained was the main sponsor of the event on Wednesday at the Basorun Islamic highschool, which was organised by the Wings Foundation and Agidigbo FM radio.

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